American watchmaker Fossil Group has decided to stop producing smartwatches, ending its years-long endeavour of bringing stylish tech timepieces to the market. The company said on Friday that its latest Gen 6 watch using Google’s Wear OS software will be its final release in the smartwatch category. Fossil’s exit comes as the landscape has evolved, … Read more
The largest primate ever to walk the Earth went extinct because it could not adapt to its changing environment, with the mighty beast reduced to living off bark and twigs before dying off, scientists said on Wednesday. Gigantopithecus blacki, which stood 10 feet tall and weighed up to 660 pounds, thrived in the forests of … Read more
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Northlander Claire Ganantchian is training two young oxen to replace the tractor and quad bike on her farm in Haruru to reduce her carbon emissions. Photo / Jenny Ling Northland farmer Claire Ganantchian has gone back to the basics, using a pair of oxen to plough the fields and horses as transport to achieve her … Read more
US scientists responsible for a historic nuclear fusion breakthrough say they have repeated the feat — this time achieving a greater yield of energy. The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory stunned the world in December when it announced it had carried out an experimental nuclear reaction that put out more energy than was put into it, … Read more